Lead Fearlessly

A Systemic Approach to Heightened Performance for Your Organization … and You

Imagine that you’ve just been promoted. Last week, you had responsibility for a single product line; today you’re the senior vice president of a strategic business unit. It’s your first meeting with your leadership team: VPs of finance, marketing, sales, supply chain, IT, and human resources. As you look around the table, you appreciate the ultimate benefit of the Smith EMBA: a curriculum based on a systemic thinking approach to solving and dissolving problems.

Everything we do is based on a systemic thinking. The most successful organizations today grow and prosper because their leaders understand that all parts of their organization are interconnected and interdependent. Systems thinking celebrates this interconnectedness, and it’s the driving force behind the Smith executive education philosophy.

About Robert H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland

The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate; full-time, part-time, online, and executive MBA; specialty masters; PhD; and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community.

World Class Faculty & Top Program Ranking：

Consistently ranked in the top 10 by Businessweek and Financial Times, Smith faculty are leaders in their fields and recognized internationally for their contributions to business scholarship and practice. Many serve as consultants or have significant international experience working for leading institutions, corporations, government and multilateral agencies. When not in the front of your classroom, you’ll find Smith teachers working by your side, facilitating teams and serving as mentors. Smith faculty relish the exchange of ideas and the excitement of teaching experienced professionals like you.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
& EXECUTIVE COACHING

You and your coach will develop your own leadership development plan, a customized road map with actionable steps and measurable benchmarks to help you continuously evolve and grow. This plan is further informed by assessments throughout the program as well as 360-degree feedback from your co-workers, managers and direct reports. The assessments, the multisource feedback, your coach and your plan are the key elements that drive your growth as a leader.

That is one reason we say the Smith EMBA program is ongoing, holistic, unique, relevant and results-driven.